Word Quotes

And the word spread of Billy the Kid.

Billy Joel
She wagged a finger at him. “You’re mispronouncing that word.” “Your pardon?” He groped, trying to remember what he’d said. “Suffragette? How does one pronounce it, then?” “Suffragette,” she said, “is pronounced with an exclamation point at the end. Like this: ‘Huzzah! Suffragettes!

Courtney Milan

Knowing me is easy. You can still twist your hair and feel silly. Look up the word tacky and have a salad. But when we're together you pull bread apart with your fingers into bites sometimes so small I gotta remind you, Peach, it is okay to be hungry.

Buddy Wakefield
- Fingers
- Salad
- Peach
My best Acquaintances are those With Whom I spoke no Word.

Emily Dickinson
- Word
- Spoke
- Acquaintances
The word "no" denotes a shutting of the door. It means failure, defeat, delay. But spell in backwards and take new hope, for backwards it spells "on."

Norman Vincent Peale
- Door
- Shutting
- Denotes
To write incorporeal poems, almost without words. To approximate the impossible, where art disappears and the Word becomes.

Anna Kamienska
- Art
- Word
- Poems
Cut the "im" out of impossible, leading that dynamic word standing out free and clear-possible.

Norman Vincent Peale
- Free
- Word
- Dynamic
I hate the word "method acting." It's just so silly. You hear people going, "Yeah I'm a method actor." I'm like, "So what happens if you're playing a period film or something? You're in the Second World War. And what happens when your mom calls you on your phone? Do you go, 'Oh! What is this strange talking brick device?'" No. It's stupid. But you do everything you can to get in that mindset.

Jeremy Irvine
- Hate
- Acting
- Method